Little Belt Bridge

General Information

Other name(s):	Ny Lillebæltsbro
Beginning of works:	1965
Completion:	21 October 1970
Status:	in use

Project Type

Structure:	Suspension bridge
Function / usage:	Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Material:	Steel bridge

Location

Location:	Middelfart, South Denmark, Denmark
Crosses:	Little Belt
Coordinates:	55° 31' 7.29" N 9° 44' 57.67" E

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Technical Information

Dimensions

	main span	600 m
	width	31.2 m
	total length	1 700 m
	span lengths	9 × 31 m - 240.00 m - 600.00 m - 240.00 m - 11 × 31 m
	clearance	42 m
	on-axis distance between the main cables	28.1 m
deck	deck depth	3.00 m
pylons	girder depth	4.50 m
pylons	height from foundation level	112.2 m

Quantities

cables	structural steel	4 100 t
deck	structural steel	12 200 t
overall structure	structural steel	17 900 t
suspenders	structural steel	200 t

Materials

deck	steel
pylons	reinforced concrete prestressed concrete

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Participants

Design

W. Jonson (designer)
Christen Ostenfeld (designer)

Steel construction

Monberg & Thorsen

Concrete construction

Cable steel supplier

Bridon International

Renovation (2002-2003)

Expansion joints

mageba group

Relevant Web Sites

mageba: Lillebaelt Bridge

Relevant Publications

Farreras-Alcover, Isaac / Sørensen, Paw Lee / Bitsch, Niels (2017): 09.15: Fatigue life prediction of New Little Belt Bridge steel deck under a cracked pavement section: Comparison between a monitoring-based and a FE modelling approaches. In: ce/papers, v. 1, n. 2-3 (September 2017), pp. 2471-2480.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cepa.295
Torres Arcila, Martha (2002): Bridges - Ponts - Brücken. Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), pp. 42-45.
Sørensen, Ove / Bloomstine, M. L. / Bitsch, N. / Linneberg, P. (2007): Design for movements in bridges. Presented at: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, IABSE Symposium, Weimar, 19-21.09.2007, pp. 24-27.
Ostenfeld, Klaus H. (1994): From Little Belt to Great Belt. Presented at: Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994, pp. 67.
Prade, Marcel (1990): Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 185.

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About this
data sheet
Structure-ID
20004539
Date created
17/08/2002
Last Update
21/04/2016